UndergraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Nursing
Deakin University, Melbourne/Geelong, VIC, Australia
About this program
Deakin runs nursing across multiple Victorian campuses (Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, and previously Warrnambool) and puts real weight behind simulation-based learning before students ever hit a ward. Its clinical simulation labs are built to mirror real hospital environments, which the university uses to front-load confidence before the roughly 800+ hours of clinical placement required for national accreditation. The course is accredited by ANMAC and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with graduates eligible for RN registration.
The curriculum runs from bioscience and health assessment fundamentals into progressively more complex clinical subjects (medical-surgical nursing, mental health, aged care, and community nursing), with a placement block attached to nearly every trimester rather than one concentrated block, so students are in real clinical settings from relatively early in the course rather than only in their final year.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Year 1: Anatomy and Physiology
- Foundations of Nursing Practice
- Health Assessment
- Pharmacology 1
- clinical placement
- Year 2: Medical-Surgical Nursing 1 and 2
- Mental Health Nursing
- Pharmacology 2
- clinical placement blocks
- Year 3: Complex Care Nursing
- Aged Care and Chronic Illness
- Community and Primary Health Nursing
- Transition to Professional Practice
- extended clinical placement
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)ANZSCO 254412
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Needs registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, assessed against ANMAC's standards.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Medical)ANZSCO 254418
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)ANZSCO 254422
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Community Health)ANZSCO 254414
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Nurse PractitionerANZSCO 254411
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Requires advanced NMBA endorsement on top of standard registration.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
Year 12 completion or equivalent; ATAR as per current guide
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